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Abstract #158576

Felicia Dionne Taylor, PhD, Health Sciences, University of Central Arkansas, PO Box 5016, Conway, AR 72035, 501-450-5513, FeliciaT@uca.edu

The UCA Health Education Faith-Based Initiative is a collaboration between a faculty researcher and three faith-based entities in Arkansas. Created to address health needs in primarily Black church populations, the project's goals included partnership building, data collection, and development and implementation of small health education participatory groups. Needs assessment data was collected in the form of statewide pastoral leadership surveys and three congregational focus groups. This presentation will present research findings, discuss the ongoing efforts to organize and continue the established relationships, and describe a collaboratively developed plan for future programming.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the challenges and successes of academic and faith-based collaborations;
• Describe planned health education activities based on data from the needs assessment;
• Describe future programming objectives.

Keywords: Minorities, Community Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.